12 Patterned Carpet Ideas To Try In Your Own Home

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Patterned carpet ideas: Mixing warm and cool colours

Make a feature of your patterned carpet by choosing a bold mix of warm colours, and limiting the colour palette in the rest of your room to cooler shades. The deep green here is the perfect complement to the warmer reds and oranges in this Carpetright striped carpet.

Pictured: Residence Striped Carpet at Carpetright

Patterned carpet ideas: Monochrome

It's common to mix lighter walls with a dark carpet and vice versa to establish a nice contrast, but consider pairing similar colours for a more dramatic look. This deep blue/green patterned carpet creates a romantic and moody room scheme - lifted slightly with the white geo accents - and can similarly be achieved with deep burgundy, purples and greys.

Pictured: Quirky B Geo Duck Egg Carpet at Alternative Flooring

Patterned carpet ideas: Focus on the stairs

Introduce pattern in a subtle way with a stair runner. This elegant striped wool carpet from Carpetright will draw the eye upwards, elongating your stairs and giving the impression of higher ceilings. Make sure to pick a hardwearing carpet for high traffic areas such as the stairs and hallway.

Pictured: Portobello Wool Carpet at Carpetright

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Patterned carpet ideas: Widen a narrow room

Patterned carpets are a very efficient way to alter perspectives in your home, adding the allusion of extra depth or space. Here, a horizontal stripe is used to widen a narrow room, and create a visual tunnel towards some lovely garden views.

Pictured: Residence Striped Carpet at Carpetright

Patterned carpet ideas: Go neutral

Patterned carpet ideas: Be brave

Pristine white walls and light wooden floors are the perfect base for brave design choices. Here, Margo Selby's signature geometric pattern in a colourful mixture of burgundy, cream and green becomes a real feature - doubly so by matching a stair carpet with a runner.

Pictured: Margo Selby Fair Isle Annie Carpet at Alternative Flooring

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Patterned carpet ideas: Modern farmhouse

An abundance of print and pattern is a quintessential feature of country homes. Our Country Living Taylor Loop carpet at Carpetright uses natural forest greens and browns for a classic country colour palette, and is hardy enough for high traffic areas such as a hallway and even a kitchen.

Pictured: Country Living Taylor Loop Pile Carpet at Carpetright

Patterned carpet ideas: Animal inspiration

Another bold choice for fearless decorators. Animal print doesn't have to be overly dramatic or garish if you ensure the rest of your room moody and romantic. Keep your carpet colour palette subtle - a beige or grey, like this stylised zebra print carpet at Carpetright - and complement with a deep burgundy, inky blue, or forest green.

Pictured: Madagascar Wilton Carpet In Denim Zebra at Carpetright

Patterned carpet ideas: The feature carpet

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Patterned carpet ideas: Botanicals

Another classic country option - botanical motifs make for a playful, nature-inspired take on patterned carpets. If the design is very dense, make sure your base colour is light and neutral to prevent it overwhelming a room.

Pictured: Country Living Sylvan Axminster Carpet at Carpetright

Patterned carpet ideas: Nautical pinstripes

This pinstriped carpet would be at home in a beach house, paired as it is here with whitewashed wall cladding, and a light and airy colour palette. If you have hints of yellow in your patterned carpet, grab your colour wheel to make sure your surroundings will complement - neutrals, a burnt orange, or cooler tones such as a blue or green are safe choices.

Pictured: Alternative Flooring Margo Selby Loop Carpet at John Lewis

Patterned carpet ideas

Tartan carpets are a classic design feature that can add a touch of country estate to your home. Tartan is a great way to establish your colour palette, typically incorporating three complementary shades - like the cream, duck egg blue and soft red in our Country Living Sylvan Axminster carpet pictured here.

Pictured: Sylvan Axminster Carpet at Carpetright. Styling Alaina Binks, photography Penny Wincer

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